tumaus - mapping software

Yep. - See ya there *grin*

Gaz

Whats the story....Where Who When?????......Have not heard anything.

Tony

Why you going to the high country ? you should be going to Robe lol

Well Eric, its like this ........ *grin*

One day we will get out on the track together and you can share your wisdom with us then.lol

Gaz

A wise man once told me , that he knew how smart he was when he realized what little he knew . ;-)

Note: It won't work on Windows C.E.

Gaz

So what are your impressions Mike ?

any good Mike ?

Hi Ray

Yes it is. All the info from 923 1:25000 topographic maps is there and perfectly usable. There is a bit of a learning curve to the prog. (but flexibility always has a price) to use the more detailed features but nothing too hard. User documentation could be better. I haven't attached my GPS to it yet but am sure it will work fine.

The one thing I loath about it is it's copy protection mechanism. You have to register it using a number generated by your unique hardware configuration - from that number an activation code will be generated. TumAus will provide two activation codes free of charge. Trouble is as time goes by (and I expect to use this prog for the next 20+ years) and my computer operating system or hardware changes I'm going to need further activation codes. TumAus say they are not hard and fast about the two codes rule but you are at their mercy. I had some software once before using this system and had problems with it - nearly cost me a contract, it's a bad system and should not be used. Maybe time to fire up Visual Studio and figure out how to use it's debugging facilities?

I would say buy it but be aware of the copy protection issues. Now I wonder if the "Get What You Pay For" brigade will say "You should buy all 923 maps instead" after all, TumAus is a _LOT_ cheaper so it _can't_ be any good, can it? :) (I 'spose the maps don't have copy protection - but... shhhhh I’ve already figured out a little trick about that :).

Mike Harding

mike_harding@fastmail.fm

Thanks Mike. It certainly seems to be good value. The copy protection is a worry but at the price it's worth a punt.

Are the maps a standard image file or in a propriety format ?

I haven't specifically checked but as the mapping data is in vector format I would be almost certain it will be a proprietary format. Are there any standard formats for vector data?

Mike Harding